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Check out the first trailer for Black Lightning on the CW

The CW Network released the trailer to their latest superhero show, Black Lightning. Black Lightning was one of the first African-American superheroes to ever be popularised. This iteration of Black Lightning follows the story of Jefferson Pierce.

Jefferson Pierce is the headmaster of Garfield High School and family man who has lightning powers. He has two daughters who also have inherited lightning powers, He uses his powers to protect the city of Metropolis from The 100 Gang, who are terrorising the city and committing crimes throughout the city of Metropolis such as kidnapping one of his daughters (Jennifer Pierce/Lightning).

A retired hero must come out of the shadows and rise again: #Blacklightningisback, Jefferson Pierce is Black Lightning and he will be coming out of retirement to fight.

The executive director Greg Berlanti stated the series, if ordered, would notcrossover with his other DC Comics television properties onThe CWnor would itexist intheir established universe.[11]However, Fox opted not to go forward with the project, deciding that it was “not a good fit into its already crowded genre drama space.”